

This Week in Impact
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Your weekly roundup of the news and features from this week in ImpactAlpha
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Nov 11, 2022 • 17min
Ceres' Steven Rothstein on the midterm elections and COP27 and their impact on sustainable finance
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Steven Rothstein, managing director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, to chat about how climate investors are reacting to this week’s midterm election in the U.S. as well as the COP27 global climate summit. Plus, the headlines.
Next week's Call: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/454045290687

Nov 4, 2022 • 14min
Morningstar's Jon Hale on the midterm elections
Jon Hale, director of sustainability research at Morningstar, joins Monique Aiken to talk about what is at stake for impact investors in next week’s US election.
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Oct 28, 2022 • 18min
Bob Eccles on the ESG Wars
Brian Walsh has the headlines and Amy Cortese chats with Oxford’s Bob Eccles about why the distinction between ESG and impact in investing matters more than ever.
https://impactalpha.com/cant-tell-the-players-without-a-scorecard-sorting-out-esg-impact-and-sustainability/

Oct 21, 2022 • 14min
SOCAP is back in person
Host Monique Aiken is live and in person with Rodney Foxworth, CEO of Common Future, and ImpactAlpha’s David Bank at SOCAP22 in San Francisco. Plus, the headlines.

Oct 14, 2022 • 23min
Insights from 20 years of deploying "patient capital" with Acumen's Daniel Waldron
Host Brian Walsh is joined by Daniel Waldron, head of insights at Acumen, to discuss lessons learned from the non-profit investor’s two decades of deploying “patient capital” in companies serving some of the world’s poorest customers. Plus, the headlines.

Oct 7, 2022 • 19min
The Greening of the 401(k) with Zach Stein
ImpactAlpha’s David Bank catches up with Zach Stein, CEO of Carbon Collective, to talk about how average investors with 401(k) retirement accounts can start to shift trillions of dollars away from fossil fuels and toward climate solutions (3:00).
This month's Liist: https://impactalpha.com/the-liist-seven-impact-funds-that-are-raising-capital-now-october-2022/

Sep 30, 2022 • 14min
Investing to support refugees and women
Dennis Price joins host Brian Walsh to talk about the new and growing opportunity in ‘refugee lens investing,’ (2:45). And, Brian shares some highlights from this week’s Agents of Impact Call (11:00)
Watch the Call replay on Youtube: https://youtu.be/I0kz0W0dCBI or at impactalpha.com

Sep 23, 2022 • 8min
Fall is here, and that means it's Climate Week in New York
Host Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank, who has been on the ground with ImpactAlpha’s New York “bureau” (Amy Cortese, Roodgally Senatus and Dan Keller), taking the pulse of investors and other stakeholders at Climate Week. Plus, the headlines.

Sep 16, 2022 • 13min
The state of impact in India with Shefali Anand
ImpactAlpha correspondent Shefali Anand joins host Brian Walsh from the Impact Investors Council in New Delhi to take stock of the surge in climate and impact investing in India. Plus, the headlines.
Agents of Impact Call replay: https://youtu.be/XlSfGZ7c9xE

Sep 9, 2022 • 12min
Mapping Climate Capital and September's LIIST
ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins host Monique Aiken to preview next week’s Agents of Impact Call. Luni Libes of Realize Impact stops by to discuss impact funds featured on this month’s edition of The LIIST. Plus, the headlines.
Next week's Call RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/411553496587
This month's LIIST: https://impactalpha.com/the-liist-seven-impact-funds-that-are-raising-capital-now-september-2022/


